Nassau, The Bahamas - Industrial and
commercial chemical agents used in daily life, can be turned into chemical
weapons of mass destruction with "specialised knowledge," Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of Foreign Affairs the Hon. T. Brent Symonette warned regional
officials Tuesday.

Mr.
Symonette said the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is therefore
an indispensable priority both for international and regional peace and
security and for national security and public health and safety...

He said one
of the most significant obligations Nation States can follow through on is the
enactment of legislation, inter alia, to "criminalise,,,